GRE Word List
SINECURE
an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
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| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
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| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| unsavory | insipid |